Just Be Happy!

Three little words that seem so, well… happy! I absolutely love the Just Be Happy stamp set from Visible Image. The sentiments are punchy and in your face and I just adore the fonts and those little squares around the letters.

Sometimes a sentiment doesn’t need a fancy card to balance it. Sometimes the sentiment is all that is needed really or that’s the conclusion that I came to with this make.

This was soooooo easy and quick to make and I just love the swirly rainbow with the Time Tunnel stencil.

I’ve trimmed a 6×6″ square of 300GSM watercolour card as I knew I’d be adding lots of water to get the effect I was after.

Tape the stencil down well (I popped a little bit of tape on the middle circle too).

I used Versafine Onyx Black for my Time Tunnel but you could use whatever ink pad you prefer. For the embossing powder, I’ve used Wow’s Ebony Black Superfine powder. I’d normally use a black ink and then use their clear embossing powder so you don’t get any black speckles but I wanted a really black-black so thought it was worth the risk!

Sprinkle the powder over the image and then heat. Don’t worry too much if it’s not perfect as it’s a grungy card and you won’t notice on the finished make.

Once heated, you can start adding colour. I’ve gone for a rainbow look using Arteza Brush pens but you could use whatever you have to hand… watercolours, watercolour pencils, you could even smooch an ink pad on a mat and use that with some water… same effect!

I’ve added plenty of water to my colours and then dabbed with kitchen roll if it got out of hand! I wasn’t bothered that it was patchy in places, to me that just adds to the make.

All that is needed then was the sentiment and I chose Just Be Happy because it seemed to go with the cheery and bright colours!

You’ll see this card, along with lots of others on Create and Craft on November 27th! In the meantime, catch up on everything Visible Image by heading over to their website and subscribing to their weekly newsletter… and of course Pinterest has everything Visible Image so you can get inspiration from all their stamps and stencils past and present (which I find invaluable in times of brain silence!)

Thanks for reading and catch up again soon. H x